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S G Sapp

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The reverse social distance scale.

A "reverse" Social Distance Scale was created by modifying Bogardus's Social Distance Scale, to measure minority groups' perceptions of the social distance established by the majority group between itself and minority groups. The Reverse Social Distance Scale (Guttman's coefficient of reproducibility = 0.99) differentiated between the African American students and the other two groups of minority students in the present sample--Hispanic students and Others--but did not differentiate between the latter two groups. The relationships between the participants' choices of self-identification terms and their scores on the Reverse Social Distance Scale were varied.

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Comparison of scores on WISC-III and WISC--R of urban learning disabled students.

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III IQs and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised IQs of 16 preadolescents who were learning disabled, urban students (14 black) receiving special education services were compared. Analyses indicated lower mean WISC-III IQs, correlations of .57, .74, and .72 between scores on Full, Verbal, and Performance Scales, respectively, and significant correlations of .44 to .80 between respective sets of subtests. Exceptions were Information (.34), Similarities (.30), and Picture Arrangement (.15). These results suggest that the WISC-III may compare favorably with the WISC--R, if replicated with a substantial group.

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